Travelogues Arthur's Pass

A magnificent and challenging adventure!

01/29/2014 Cross the South Island from west to east When my alarm clock rings at 7.30am, it's completely overcast outside. Damn. This could be fun with the Arthur's Pass. My...

Arriving in Kaikoura, we immediately went out to sea for a seal snorkeling trip. We took a boat along the coast to a seal colony. Then it was time to jump into the icy water and...

Today was the day, our first day in New Zealand with rainy weather. Thanks to our genius planning (which Tobi actually does alone), it was almost no problem as we spent most of...

Arthur's Pass - 'Death's Corner'

A great national park with many cool opportunities to go skiing.

Monday 17.12.18 Today is finally the last flight and then the journey really starts. The alarm goes off at 5 o'clock, at 5:30 I sit on a bench in front of the hotel in the...

Für schöne Aussichten und kurze Wanderungen fuhren wir über den Arthur's Pass noch einmal an die Westküste.

For a long time, the New Zealanders were looking for a way that would safely lead them through the Southern Alps. And if you look at the map, you can see that only two roads...

Hello dear ones, Before too much accumulates, I'm writing to you again from my phone. Unfortunately, the library here doesn't have any computers that one is allowed to use....

Transalpine train from Christchurch to Greymouth and back. At 8 o'clock we board the train and then we drive along the fertile plain along the Waimakariri River. In Springfield...

Springfield

Yesterday took its toll - we both wake up with a considerable muscle soreness. Eric's knee is also bothering him. Given our pitiful condition, we restructure a bit. We still...

Punchbowl Falls

According to the weather forecast, it is expected to rain further in the coming days, and then it will pour heavily on the west coast. Therefore, we changed our plan and did not...

We drove over Hanmer Springs, where we treated ourselves to a spa day, back to Christchurch because we had to fix our car door.🚘 We spent an evening in Laura's old flat and...

High valley at Arthur's Pass

After Christmas, we went to Arthur's Pass towards Christchurch. The bus had a steep climb behind it... And needed a short break to tackle the bridge with a 16% gradient. ...

Today, we drove to the Arthur's pass village and did a 3 h hike from 920 m to 1400 m above sea level. We had a great view from the temple basin track and enjoyed the steep and...

In total, the hike in Arthur National Park was only 5km long, but it went up and down 1,100m. We crawled half of the distance. Nevertheless, we were rewarded with a beautiful...

The weather is getting worse, we set off for the Franz Josef Glacier with a detour to Arthur's Pass, hoping to see some Keas, but they didn't want to fly in this weather either....

On the same day, we visited a huge waterfall at Arthur's Pass. The waterfall was the most impressive I have ever seen. When we saw the waterfall from the platform, it...